33+ Hari Kondabolu Quotes On Marriage, Education And Mangoes

Hari Kondabolu is an American stand-up comic, actor, and podcast host. He is best known for his comedy that focuses on racism, immigration, and social justice. He has released two comedy albums, Waiting for 2042 and Mainstream American Comic, and has appeared on numerous television shows, including Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Hari Kondabolu on love, life, marriage.

Top 10 Hari Kondabolu Quotes

1. Telling me that I’m obsessed with talking about racism in America is like telling me I’m obsessed with swimming when I’m drowning.
2. I am able to apply certain things to my craft that maybe other comedians don't, because I'm a devotee.
3. We've never had a female President in this country, which I find stunning
4. I don't tie my shoes right. I tie them the way you would tie a gift, like a bow.
5. I never learned how to tie my shoes, and I was mocked for that. I still don't know how to.
6. It would be cool for someone to ask me about some of the structural choices I make with my albums.
7. There are some dogs that are gigantic that look like they shouldn't be in existence.
8. I'd love for someone to ask me about comedic technique and choices.
9. I am frozen musically somewhere around 2004.
10. I don't look like a lot of fun. I just don't.

Hari Kondabolu Short Quotes

• I've always looked older.
• I always have a bit of a look, a bit of a frown.
• I'm always kind of in my head thinking.
• I don't drink before shows.
• Another stupid thing I believed for a long time was that pizza was supposed to be said peed-za.
• Horse is fine. I'll ride a horse.
• It's always fun when you see different comics at different weights or with different hair.

Hari Kondabolu Famous Quotes And Sayings

I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide of the Native Americans. But vegan Thanksgiving - that's just spitting on the graves, isn't it? — Hari Kondabolu

I had a phase where I had a mustache. There was several times where I had a mustache. I had a mustache in high school because South Asian men can potentially have a great deal of facial hair. So I had a mustache at 14, and then I grew a proper mustache a few years ago. I just thought it would be fun to just have a mustache. — Hari Kondabolu

People always talk about the content, in terms of the politics of it or whatever social issues are in it, and it's like, "Yeah, but I'm also a good comic." You could at least talk about the form of it, and I feel like that's always the thing that's missed. — Hari Kondabolu

I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art. — Hari Kondabolu

My brother had a mustache, and when my brother had a mustache, it was cool. When I had a mustache, everyone just assumed I'm an immigrant and I don't speak English, which is fascinating. It was a fascinating thing to discover how I looked versus my brother with a mustache. — Hari Kondabolu

New Zealanders are so chill. I know they say Australians are chill, and I feel like Australians are chill, but I keep thinking, "If they get drunk, they would commit a hate crime." Now that is an extreme position to take, but it's just a feeling I get. New Zealand people, I don't see that. — Hari Kondabolu

When I go to a bar or a party, I feel like a student invited me to the kegger, and I actually ended up going. And everyone's shocked: "Oh, my god, professor, I didn't know you were actually going to come!" That's me in any circle, really, especially when I hang out with my brother's friends. — Hari Kondabolu

Who controls the images? Ultimately, we don't control the images. This is the minimum we're allowed to ask for: we don't get to control most of the media. We fight to have some say in the ways we're represented. At the bare minimum, don't insult us in person. That's all we ask! Let us at least be able to function freely in the world. — Hari Kondabolu

There are a lot of times where people think I'm in things that I'm not in, because they think I'm Kumail Nanjiani. — Hari Kondabolu

I wrote a lot of poetry in the last two years of high school, all about the same girl I was in love with. That was pretty awful. Did you know that in poetry, every line does not need to rhyme? — Hari Kondabolu

Just give us 50 years where we're the only ones who are allowed to profit from art, and then you can do whoever you want. In fact, I'll buy you the paint. Whatever you want. Just give us 50 years. 50 years. That's it. — Hari Kondabolu

For years now, people have mentioned my mustache and get disappointed that when they see me live I don't have a mustache. — Hari Kondabolu

It's a sick thing, right: people are afraid of public speaking. I do public speaking, except my public speaking involves the audience only having one type of emotion and one type of reaction. If they have anything other than laughter, it's a failure. That's an absurd thing for a human to try to seek. The main thing to realize is that whatever I say, it's my truth and I believe in it, and if I don't get a laugh off that, then it's not working. — Hari Kondabolu

If I was just allowed to talk and handle the whole thing by myself without the audience interrupting with laughter, the show would be much more interesting. Think about all the time we waste by waiting for them to finish their noise, you know? — Hari Kondabolu

When you're a person of color in white America, you know white people. You know why you know white people? Because you can't enjoy any kind of entertainment if you are not able to humanize white people. If you watch a film and are like, "Oh, this has white people in it? Then I'm not interested," then you can't enjoy anything in America! — Hari Kondabolu

When I used to wash my hair with a two-for-one shampoo and conditioner, I would wash it twice, which is completely unnecessary, because that's the point - it's one bottle. Because I used to have the shampoo, that's one, conditioner, one. I did the same thing, even though it was two-in-one. I was corrected in my mid-20s by my girlfriend at the time, who laughed at me and said how stupid that was. — Hari Kondabolu

Life Lessons by Hari Kondabolu

1. Hari Kondabolu teaches us to use comedy as a tool to challenge the status quo and speak truth to power.
2. He encourages us to use our voices to stand up for what we believe in and to fight for justice and equality.
3. Through his work, we can learn to use humor to tackle difficult topics and to create meaningful conversations about social issues.